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Reissued Feb; 3,188Cv.`

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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V1). M. HOLMES."

CakeMachine. Y

Y` Ressued Feb. 3,1880. Y

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WITNESS 2 @1V Wm DANIEL M, HOLMES, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

cAKifMACHiNL FICATION forming :are of neissued Letters Patent N 9,062, dated February 3, 1880.

Original No, 174,244, dated' February 29, 1876. Application for Reissuefded Mav 15, 1F79.

:rhum Iit may' concern: 2 ltnown that l, DANIEL M. HOLMES, of v, county, and State of Xew York, have ed a new and useful Improvement in llachines, of which the following is a cation. ire 1, Sheet 1, is a top view of in v iinl machine. Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a side. it' the same. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a vertingitudinal section of the same, taken h the line .-r .1, Fig. 1. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, :rtical cross-section ot' the saine, taken gli the line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, letail section ot' a moditication of the Fi g. 6, Sheet 2,v is a derail crosssection through the line z z, Fig. iilar letters of reference indicate correling parts. 3 object of this invention is to furnish an )ved machine for making cakes, such as les, kisses, drops, macaroons, &c., ot' h so sot't that heretofore it could be ed only by hand, and which shall be simi construction and convenient in use. is machine is for giving forni to dough for .ng cakes, such as jumbles, kisses, drops, lroons, 81e. Jretotiire the dilieulty experienced in the npt to construct a suitable machine for l purpose has been the soft and adhesive ire ot' the dough, so that cakes of the ses named have been almost altogether e by hand. he construction and arrangement of the fral parts ot' the machine areas follows: is the frameof the machine, to the upper dle part ot' which is attached the dough- B, into the open top of which the dough d from a hopper, C, attached to the rear t of the frame A. The dough-box B is divided into as many ipartlnents as there are discharge-openings thin vertical partitions b', and into each apartment is fitted a plunger, D, which ens through the rear side of the. said doughlhe object of this construction is this: The agli is soft and must be discharged down- .rd. If the plungers worked vertically, they nld have to be raised toa considerable dis-r dough-box, which would, cause a great loss of time in working the machine. When the plungers work horizontally the lop of the doughbox can be opened and the dough can be put in while the plungers are receding, so that the plungers need be drawn back no farther than to give space for the charge, and hence no time is lost,

The open top of the dough-box B is closed with a sliding cover, if, to pre-vent the dough from being pushed ont of said open top by the action of the plungers D.

Upon thc lower forward side of the doughbox Il is formed -an extension, E, the bottom 65 of which is ata lower level than the bottom of thc main pai-tot' the douglrbox.

The bottom F ofthe extension or ott'sct E ot' the doughbox B slides in and ont in grooves in the sides of said extension, so that it can 7ov be taken out and exchanged for a plate with larger or smaller openings when desired, and in it are formed one. two, or more round holes, which are beveled oti'or madeconical, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. f

Gare the 1'ing-cutters, which are made in the shape ot' hollow c vliuders with closed upper ends, and with the outer sides ot" their edges beveled eti' with a longer bevel than the bevel ot' the holes through the bottom or cut 8o fer plates, F, so that when the cutters G are forced down their extreme edges may come in contact with the extreme edges ot' the holes in the cutter-plate F and separate or pinch olf the dough.

The cutters Gv are never raised entirely out of the vholes in the bottoni plate, F, so that when the dough is pressed down and out by the advance of the plungers l) it passes out upon all sides of the cutters G, is pinched olf 9o by the descent ot' the cutters G, and drops as a ring upon the pans placed beneath the bot.` tom plate, F, upon the. endless carriers H, which are placed in line, with each other and at a little distanceapart. I

The object of thus separating the carriers is this: The first cakes dropped from the plate. F are incomplete, or not. so well formed as those subsequently made when the. pressure of the plunger has compacted the dough. It roo is, ofcourse, no t desired to bake these incomice before the dough could be put. into the pletely-formed cakes, nor that. they shall be i c YBESt/M/AILABLEcorrA o JNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

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and to its othei end are attached the. pulleys allowed to drop on the Vcarriers Il, and hence t they are. not received into the halting-pans which travel on the carriers ll, but drop between the emls ot' such carriers into a separate pan, l', which is slid under the machine on rabbeted oars J. 'lhe carriers are sutlicientlv near each other to allow the bakingpans to pass from one onto the other. The carrier-aprons pass around rollers K and L, and the latter are connected with shaft. l b v belts N. passing around pull'cvsV 3l and O.

The shaft l revolves in bearings attached to the upper forward part ot the t'r'ame A.

To the end ofthe shaft P is attached a large gear-wheel, Q, into the teeth of which mesh the teeth ot' a large intermediate gear wheel, ll.

Tho gear-wheel ll revolves upon a gudgeon attached to the. i'rame A, and into its teeth mesh the teeth ot' a small gear-wheel, S. attached to theendot' the driving-shalt T, which revolves in bearings attached to the t'rame A,

to receive the dri\'in "-belt.

two bevel-gear \vheels, L', thc teeth ot' which ymesh into the bevel-gear wheels Y, attached forward with a stead)` and uniform movement i while the machine is at work.

The cutters are. attached to the lower ends of rods Y, the upper ends of which 'pass up through the blot-lt Z, attached to the doughbox 13, in the angle between theupper part of said dough-box and its extension l), and their y upper ends are attached to the cross-bar A'.

The cross-bar A moves up and down upon guide-pins ll', attached to the block Z, and is t'orced down to cause the cutters G to make a eut by the spiral springs C', placed upon the upper part ot` the guide-pins ll'. The upper ends ot' the springs t." rest against the heads of the pins 13', and their lower ends rest against tbe cross-bar A'.

The block Z is detachable, so that it may bc detached and exchangedt'or another with larger or smaller or` with diti'erent shaped cutters when desired.

The ends ot' the cross-bar A', project and are recessed upon their lower sides to receive the upper ends of the push-bars 1)', the lower ends ot' which are pivotcd to the levers E near their forward ends. The rear ends oi' the levers E' arc pivoted to the t'rame A, and their toi-ward ends rest upon the cams F', formed upon the driving-shaft- T. so that the, cutters may be operated at each revolution' of the driving-shaft T. The cutters G, as hereinbct'orc described, are designed for cutting jnnibles or other ring-cakes.

1" or cutting kisses, drops, macaroons, and

them. there are used sliding beveled cutters G', pinching ottl the dough against the beveled side ot' the discharge-operaugs Yin the same manner as the. cutters G pinch it oii', as shown in Figrs. 5 and 6.

llaving'thns described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by LcttersYl-atent 1. A dough-box, B, made. with an extension and Voffset, E. to receive the cutters and enable theni to operate at right angles with the plnngers i), substz'nitiallyas herein shown and described.

'2. The combination, with the dough-box extension having,Y apertuiesin its bottminthroue'h the plunger l) and screws for propel- I ling; the latter forward horizontally, as shown and described.

' tension l, ot' the bloei; Z. which t'orms thede- -i tacliable top ot' the latter, and the cutters,

l havingl rods which pass through said block, as shown and described, i'or the purpose speciitied. y i

4. The combination ot' the cross bar A and its guide-pins ll' and springs C. the. push-bars DE lovers l', and cams 1" with the detachable head-block Z, the cutters (l Y, ainl the driving-shaft 'l`, substantially as herein shown and described.-

5. The combination, with the dough-box, having discharge-apertures, as speciticd. ot'the cutters, which arearranged within said doughbox so as to be surrounded or embedded in the dough when et \vorlt,substantiallv as shown ind described.

6. Thecombiinition.with a plungerand doughbox... ot" cutters made with beveled edges, and cutter-plates having;- openings with beveled edges. as shown and described.

ln acabe-machine, the combination, with the dough-box, ot' two endless carriers workng in line with each other, and with a space i or opening between them beneath the discharge-opening of the dough-box, substantially as herein shown and described.

S. The combination, with a dough-box having a circular discharge-o1lening, ot' a plunger having,r a circular periphery, and arranged to reciprocate in relation to said opening so that their circular edges will alternately meet and separate a short distance, thereby allowing,r the dough to pass between them in the shapeot' a ring, and then severing the ring thus formed from the mass of dough in the dough-box simultaneously around vthe entire circle ot' the periphery of the plunger, substantially as shown and described.

VDANIEL M. HOLMES.

Witnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGwicit.

other similar cakes without holes through which the dough isdischarged vertically, ot'

3. The combination', with the dough-box ett-- IOO IIO 

